Brian Andreas citations

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“Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that?”

“Smaller World:
I know he's not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.”

“Life Plan:
I asked her what she planned to do with her life & she said she was way beyond that point already. I'm just happy I remember to be there when it happens, she said.”

“Waiting for the pen to dry up so he can start fresh with thoughts that are worth new ink.”

“there are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good.”

“Side by Side:
We sat side by side in the morning light & looked out at the future together.”

“Quiet Spaces
We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.”

“If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.”

“Quiet Prayer:
As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age & have no time for poetry. Still, I offer a quiet prayer of thanks for the sunlight each time I see your face.”

“Permanence:
Just because they die, she said, doesn't mean they go away.”

“Hoping to Fall Out:
Leaning out as far as she can, hoping she'll fall soon, so she can stop worrying about whether it will happen or not.”

“Almost Beyond:
She laid on my chest & her breathing filled me almost to beyond what I could hold.”

“Treasures:
The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it.”

“She told me once that the year she went to England she painted her buttons yellow so she would remember what the sun felt like.”

“My grandmother used to say life was so much easier when you were simple-minded.
It’s taken me almost my whole life to understand what she meant.”

“She always camouflaged herself as a crowd. I've never been lonely, she said, but sometimes it's hard to think above the noise.”

“Last Minute:
I have to buy all my presents at the last minute, she said, or I get too excited & just give them away.”

“Invention:
I always wanted to invent something that would move around & make funny noises & would change the world as we know it & I forgot all about that until we had kids & now I see I came pretty close.”

“Such Small Things:
For a long time there were only your footprints & laughter in our dreams & even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to love you forever.”

“Season of Joy:
She asked me when the season of joy was supposed to end & I said I didn't really think there was an exact date, so we left the tree up till June that year.”

“Brian Andreas Promise #1:
Promises to Myself #1: I will tell the truth unless I get confused & I think I could get in real trouble if someone found out, in which case, I will lie as convincingly as possible for as long as I feel the need.”

“The Whole World:
My favorite thing
is being your lap
while we sit there
together & love
the whole world.”

“Scraps of Magic:
These are little scraps of magic & when you paste them together you get a memory of something fine & strong, she said. Sometimes it takes till you're 40 to see it though.”

“These are the multiple shadows because there were a lot of things she walked away from without a word of explanation when she was younger & she still thinks about them more than she needs to.”

“I buried a nickel under the porch when I was 8, she said, but one day my grandma died & they sold the house & I never got to go back for it.
A nickel used to mean something, I said.
She nodded. It still does, she said & then she started to cry.”

“When she played her music even the night demons stopped their work & it took them some time to remember what it was they were doing & the best of them had no stomach for it for a long time after that.”

“she tapped her finger and nothing happened and she thought she had lost her magic, but it had only changed and it took her awhile to figure it out.”

“The World Itself:
When she held out her arms, the world itself wrapped around me & held me tight.”

“Hoping something will happen soon, so she can sit down & watch it with a fresh bowl of popcorn.”